OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of World Business is 22. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
International entrepreneurship in the post Covid world	199
Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda	89
Digital transformation, sustainability, and purpose in the multinational enterprise	87
Global value chain governance: Intersections with international business	78
Agility and flexibility in international business research: A comprehensive review and future research directions	78
State ownership and internationalization: The advantage and disadvantage of stateness	73
The nature of innovation in global value chains	65
The development of international e-commerce in retail SMEs: An effectuation perspective	65
Populism, political risk, and pandemics: The challenges of political leadership for business in a post-COVID world	64
How institutions affect CSR practices in the Middle East and North Africa: A critical review	64
Managing internationalization and innovation tradeoffs in entrepreneurial firms: Evidence from transition economies	64
State capitalism in international context: Varieties and variations	61
A capabilities perspective on the joint effects of internationalization time, speed, geographic scope and managers’ competencies on SME survival	61
The role of government affiliation in explaining firm innovativeness and profitability in emerging countries: Evidence from China	59
The (COVID-19) pandemic and the new world (dis)order	58
Beyond disciplinary silos: A systematic analysis of the migrant entrepreneurship literature	56
Cohesion, COVID-19 and contemporary challenges to globalization	50
Going subnational: A literature review and research agenda	49
State ownership, political ideology, and firm performance around the world	48
Cycles of de-internationalization and re-internationalization: Towards an integrative framework	48
Environmental sustainability practices and exports: The interplay of strategy and institutions in Latin America	46
Strategic agility, dynamic relational capability and trust among SMEs in transitional economies	44
Global migrants: Understanding the implications for international business and management	40
Uncovering neglected success factors in post-acquisition reverse capability transfer: Evidence from Chinese multinational corporations in Europe	40
Decoupling in international business: Evidence, drivers, impact, and implications for IB research	40

Communication and culture in international business – Moving the field forward	40
International social SMEs in emerging countries: Do governments support their international growth?	38
The role of context in SME internationalization – A review	38
Strategic agility, environmental uncertainties and international performance: The perspective of Indian firms	38
Multinationals’ misbehavior	37
The impact of market based institutional reforms on firm strategy and performance: Review and extension	37
Social Media Firm Specific Advantages as Enablers of Network Embeddedness of International Entrepreneurial Ventures	36
Knowledge management of emerging economy multinationals	36
International diversification of family-dominant firms: Integrating socioemotional wealth and behavioral theory of the firm	35
Microfoundations of Strategic Agility in Emerging Markets: Empirical Evidence of Italian MNEs in India	35
Multinational enterprises and the governance of sustainability practices in emerging market supply chains: An agile governance perspective	34
Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains	34
Why is export-oriented entrepreneurship more prevalent in some countries than others? Contextual antecedents and economic consequences	33
International orientation of Chinese internet SMEs: Direct and indirect effects of foreign and indigenous social networking site use	33
Necessary conditions in international business research–Advancing the field with a new perspective on causality and data analysis	33
What explains the degree of internationalization of early-stage entrepreneurial firms? A multilevel study on the joint effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship,	33
Business groups and internationalization: Effective identification and future agenda	32
When political instability devaluates home-host ties	32
Patent enforcement across 51 countries – Patent enforcement index 1998–2017	32
Institutional logics and social enterprises: Entry mode choices of foreign hospitals in China	31
Mapping the terrain of international human resource management research over the past fifty years: A bibliographic analysis	31
The impact of language barriers on knowledge processing in multinational teams	30
Parent Firm Corporate Social Responsibility and Overseas Subsidiary Performance: A Signaling Perspective	29
Unraveling asset recombination through the lens of firm-specific advantages: A dynamic capabilities perspective	29
Emerging market internationalizing firms: Learning through internationalization to achieve entrepreneurial orientation	29
Tax Morale and International Tax Evasion	29
Global work in a rapidly changing world: Implications for MNEs and individuals	28
International business under sanctions	28
Cultural intelligence and work-related outcomes: A meta-analytic examination of joint effects and incremental predictive validity	28
How founder characteristics imprint ventures’ internationalization processes: The role of international experience and cognitive beliefs	27
Cultural diversity in top management teams: Review and agenda for future research	27
Global cities: A multi-disciplinary review and research agenda	26
Are voluntary international migrants self-selected for entrepreneurship? An analysis of entrepreneurial personality traits	24
Theorizing MNE-NGO conflicts in state-capitalist contexts: Insights from the Greenpeace, Gazprom and the Russian state dispute in the Arctic	24
Developing compositional capability in emerging-market SMEs	24
Self-categorization as a nonmarket strategy for MNE subsidiaries: Tracking the international expansion of an online platform	23
Institutional quality and inclusive strategies at the base of the pyramid	23
“Us versus them”: Sensemaking and identity processes in skilled migrants’ experiences of occupational downgrading	23
The role of emotions in intercultural business communication: Language standardization in the context of international knowledge transfer	22
Scale-ups and scaling in an international business context	22
Reciprocity and informal institutions in international market entry	22